Left of Reckoning is a short film by James Herbert, set to the first half of the R.E.M. album Reckoning (hence the title). This comprises the songs "Harborcoat", "7 Chinese Bros.", "So. Central Rain", "Pretty Persuasion", "Time After Time (AnnElise)", and "Second Guessing".
James Herbert had been Michael Stipe's art tutor at the University of Georgia. The footage was shot by Herbert in May 1984 (when the band had some time to spare before embarki...
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Left of Reckoning is a short film by James Herbert, set to the first half of the R.E.M. album Reckoning (hence the title). This comprises the songs "Harborcoat", "7 Chinese Bros.", "So. Central Rain", "Pretty Persuasion", "Time After Time (AnnElise)", and "Second Guessing".
James Herbert had been Michael Stipe's art tutor at the University of Georgia. The footage was shot by Herbert in May 1984 (when the band had some time to spare before embarking on a tour of Europe) at artist Ruben A. Miller's Whirligig Farm in Rabbittown, near Gainesville, Georgia, and features the members of R.E.M. variously occupying themselves amongst the hundreds of whirligigs. According to band guitarist Peter Buck,
Buck also said of Herbert, "He's a filmmaker, not a director, he didn't direct us, he just shot us while we did things and gave suggestions occasionally."
In editing, Herbert manipulated the footage to produce effects such as slow- and fast-motion, stills, bleeding colour and black and white. Many...
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